The new democratic era in South Africa brought Western cultural influences forcefully into public and private living domains. This dichotomy deformed African cultures in many ways (Bujo & Muya 2003). Local communities were ...

The paper will seek to evaluate talk of ’diversity‘ in the white Dutch Reformed Church. Drawing on official work within the church as well as online forums where members participated in discussing this topic, the language ...

The significance of Newbigin’s question on Gospel and culture has not changed the traditional church’s maintenance-based ministry. The church is captured in a selfcentred and self-serving methodology. This article reviews ...

Human behaviour is determined or controlled both through the internal and external factors of the ‘whole’ human existence. The capacity for freedom of speech is inherently rooted in the humanistic and existential human ...

Gordon Dames calls on practical theology in South Africa to attain a new vision of the social whole in the light of the painful history of apartheid and recurring experiences of existential suffering. This situation becomes ...

The importance of narrative for practical theology is today widely recognised, both nationally and internationally. There is, however, disagreement amongst practical theologians regarding the scope and role of narrative ...

This article concentrates on the predominantly white Baptist Union of South Africa. Attention is first given to the debate concerning the historical association between the English Baptists and the Anabaptists. Then the ...

The crisis of today’s church is a crisis of vocation. The church is called to participate in God’s mission. PMC guides local congregations to engage on a journey of spiritual discernment to become missional congregations. ...

This article focuses on the question: how should the postmodern person be formed in the Christian faith? The life views of people are fragmented and a-religious mentalities characterise life in a postmodern society. This ...

Deep changes in the worldviews of older persons, young people and children characterise their lives in a postmodern world. The authority in homes, churches, schools and society is being questioned. In North America “at ...

This article explores the pedagogic value of the Confession of Belhar within a practical theology narrative framework as a potential therapeutic practice for racial (pre- and post-1994) traumatic experiences. Recurring and ...

The threat of human destructiveness today raises the question whether the reinterpretation of the faith should be left to academic theologians only. Practical theology is a reciprocal process of reflecting on, and new ...

The South African educational system is in a crisis. This situation places huge demands on school principals and school management teams, and raises many theoretical and empirical questions. Transformational leadership is ...

Practical theology in the 21st century requires a new pedagogy to address multicultural challenges. Multiculturality encompasses a subversive agency for monocultural and 'silent minority' landscapes as well as an identity ...

Practical theology in the 21st century is faced with increasing diversity which requires a new pedagogy to address multicultural challenges. Multiculturalism serves as a subversive agency for monocultural and “silent ...

Students and lecturers in open distance learning contexts have to deal with difficult and complex challenges. Many students are for example unable to access and or utilize ITC's in support of their studies. In addressing ...

Students and lecturers in open distance learning contexts have to deal with difficult and complex challenges. Many students are for example isolated during the learning phase. An Africanised social networking approach is proposed.